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OER adoption: a continuum for practice

Whilst Open Educational Resources (OER) offer opportunities for broadening participation in Higher Education, reducing course development and study costs, and building open collaborative partnerships to improv...

Authors: Adrian Stagg

OER in practice: Organisational change by bootstrapping

In this paper, we investigate an approach to institutional change that aims to establish open educational practices (OEP) in a university and inculcate the use of open education resources (OER) as part of its ...

Authors: John Hannon, Simon Huggard, Annabel Orchard and Nick Stone

The evolution of open access to research and data in Australian higher education

Open access (OA) in the Australian tertiary education sector is evolving rapidly and, in this article, we review developments in two related areas: OA to scholarly research publications and open data. OA can s...

Authors: Vicki Picasso and Liam Phelan

‘Fit for Purpose’: a cohort-centric approach to MOOC design

How do you design a quality massive open online course (MOOC) that will be ‘fit for purpose’? The Understanding Dementia MOOC is an initiative of the University of Tasmania’s Wicking Dementia Research and Educ...

Authors: Carolyn King, Kathleen Doherty, Jo-Anne Kelder, Fran McInerney, Justin Walls, Andrew Robinson and James Vickers

Open Educational Resources: a regional university’s journey

In a region of geographically scattered, small island states, developing quality-enhanced learning materials across the hugely diverse, predominantly ocean-based learning and teaching environments, continues t...

Authors: Theresa Koroivulaono

Conversations from south of the equator: Challenges and Opportunities in OER across Broader Oceania

Recent decades have witnessed a number of fundamental structural shifts, both internally within the higher education academy and external to it, that have transformed the character of universities. A universal...

Authors: Rosalind James and Carina Bossu

Bibliometric profile of RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal

For this study we conducted a bibliometric analysis of RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal in order to determine the characteristics of its scientific content. We analyzed 216 theoretical and empiric...

Authors: María Teresa Ramiro Sánchez, Tamara Ramiro-Sánchez and Rubén Alba-Ruiz

Editorial

Authors: Josep M. Duart and Rosalind James

Editorial

Authors: Josep M. Duart

Special Issue: E-learning in the Disciplines of Economics and Business Studies

Authors: Josep M. Duart and Rosalind James

Editorial

Authors: Josep M. Duart and Rosalind James

Comparative between quality assessment tools for MOOCs: ADECUR vs Standard UNE 66181: 2012

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have emerged in informative and scientific literature as a revolution with great potential within the educational and training world. However, at the same time, there are di...

Authors: Miguel Baldomero Ramírez Fernández, José Luis Salmerón Silvera and Eloy López Meneses

Beyond objective testing and peer assessment: alternative ways of assessment in MOOCs

MOOCs (massive open online courses) are an online teaching proposal that, in their short lives, have already thrown up two very different possibilities: cMOOCs and xMOOCs. Both are analysed in this paper from ...

Authors: María del Mar Sánchez-Vera and María Paz Prendes-Espinosa

A Cluster Analysis of MOOC Stakeholder Perspectives

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are providing opportunities for thousands of learners to participate in free higher education courses online. MOOCs have unique features that make them an effective Technolo...

Authors: Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy Yousef, Mohamed Amine Chatti, Marold Wosnitza and Ulrik Schroeder

The Future of MOOCs: Adaptive Learning or Business Model?

Currently, many MOOCs are designed as a collection of videos with a forum using some traditional distance learning models, but they do not promote adaptive and personalized learning. These features, together w...

Authors: John Daniel, Esteban Vázquez Cano and Mercè Gisbert Cervera

The Relationship between Post Formats and Digital Engagement: A Study of the Facebook Pages of Mexican Universities

Higher education institutions have acknowledged the importance of social networks for multiple purposes, such as exploring innovative mechanisms for teaching-learning processes, colonizing new social communica...

Authors: Gabriel Valerio, Dagoberto José Herrera-Murillo, Fernando Villanueva-Puente, Natalia Herrera-Murillo and María del Carmen Rodríguez-Martínez

Students in higher education: Social and academic uses of digital technology

This article presents the results of an in-depth interview of twenty Education students at a public face-to-face university in Catalonia on how they use digital technologies in their social and academic lives....

Authors: Eliana Gallardo Echenique, Luis Marqués Molías and Mark Bullen

Comparative analysis of public policies in open access models in Latin America. Brazil and Argentina cases

This article presents public policies for open access models in Argentina and Brazil, two countries that have pioneered the subject in Latin America. The methodology used is comparative documentation, whereby ...

Authors: Karen Isabel Cabrera Peña

Model for democratisation of the contents hosted in MOOCs

Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have emerged as a new educational tool in higher education, based on gratuity, massiveness and ubiquity. Essentially they suggest an evolution of the Open Learning Movement ...

Authors: Javiera Atenas

Analysis of the didactic use of tablets in the European Higher Education Area

This article presents a study in which we analyse the didactic use of tablets in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The competential and didactic use of mobile devices is a challenge for lecturers, stu...

Authors: M. Luisa Sevillano García and Esteban Vázquez Cano

University virtualisation in Latin America

This article analyses the process by which higher education in Latin America is being digitalised, and how it is radically changing the educational dynamics in the region. The incorporation of digital technolo...

Authors: Claudio Rama

University Lecturers’ Conceptions of Ethics and Citizenship Education in the European Higher Education Area: a Case Study

Ethics and Citizenship education has become the focus of considerable debate since the launch of the European Higher Education Area. That this is the case is interesting, as it is a type of education that form...

Authors: Francisco Esteban Bara, Teodor Mellen Vinagre and Maria Rosa Buxarrais Estrada

SIMULACRE: A proposal for practical training in e learning environments

This article describes an educational innovation project called SIMULACRE, funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Cata...

Authors: Alba Colombo and Muriel Gómez Pradas

Cooperative learning in higher education: differences in perceptions of contribution to the group

This document analyses cooperative learning in a working group using a problem-based learning methodology. We also evaluate if the perception that each member of the group has of his/her contribution to cooper...

Authors: Francisco Jareño, Juan José Jiménez and M. Gabriela Lagos

Learning by comparing with Wikipedia: the value to students’ learning

The main purpose of this research work is to describe and evaluate a learning technique that actively uses Wikipedia in an online master’s degree course in Statistics. It is based on the comparison between Wik...

Authors: Antoni Meseguer-Artola

Self-assessment via a blended-learning strategy to improve performance in an accounting subject

The General Accounting subject is on the curricula of five different bachelor’s degrees offered in the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Granada (UGR), Spain. In a coordinated way, all the...

Authors: Vanesa Gámiz Sánchez, Rosana Montes Soldado and María Carmen Pérez López

Social networks as tools for acquiring competences at university: QR codes through Facebook

Immersed in an academic system where the curriculum teaches students specific skills in order to develop a future profession, social networks, as specialised environments primarily in informal education settin...

Authors: Pedro Román Graván and Ángela Martín Gutiérrez

The competency profile of online BMA graduates viewed from a job market perspective

One of the cornerstones of the European Higher Education Area is its emphasis on a higher education that prepares graduates for a profession. Within this context, competencies play a key role in the design of ...

Authors: Àngels Fitó Bertran, María Jesús Martínez Argüelles and Soledad Moya Gutiérrez

E-learning in Economics and Business

E-learning is broadening education horizons all over the world. The contribution sought by this work is to evidence innovations and practices that are applied to teaching environments and fields of knowledge c...

Authors: Josep M. Batalla, Eva Rimbau and Enric Serradell

A comparative study of computer and mobile phone-mediated collaboration: the case of university students in Japan

Web-based forums are the major form of asynchronous communication in online courses. They are considered suitable collaborative learning environments to conduct discussions among groups of learners (Lieblein, ...

Authors: Gibran Alejandro Garcia Mendoza

M-learning patterns in the virtual classroom

Mobile devices are everywhere to be found on university campuses. This has changed the nature of higher education and led to a new mobile form of e-learning known as m-learning. The aim of this article is to a...

Authors: Fernando A. López Hernández and María Magdalena Silva Pérez

Student projects empowering mobile learning in higher education

Educational institutions are facing the challenge of providing students with tools for mobile learning (m-learning). However, the evolution of technology makes the development and continuous improvement of the...

Authors: Àngels Rius, David Masip and Robert Clarisó

Mobile learning: a collaborative experience using QR codes

The experience presented in this article highlights the educational potential of using mobile learning and QR codes in a secondary physical education classroom to foster healthy physical activity. The experien...

Authors: Meritxell Monguillot Hernando, Carles González Arévalo, Montse Guitert Catasús and Carles Zurita Mon

Mobile learning in the field of Architecture and Building Construction. A case study analysis

This educational research focuses on the use of mobile learning (m-learning) in the field of Architecture and Building Construction. It was conducted at various levels of university teaching (bachelor’s and ma...

Authors: Ernest Redondo Domínguez, David Fonseca Escudero, Albert Sánchez Riera and Isidro Navarro Delgado

What is the future of mobile learning in education?

The evolution of wireless technologies and the development of applications for mobile devices in higher education have been spectacular. For many educators, mobile technology in the field of teaching and learn...

Authors: Mohamed Ally and Josep Prieto-Blázquez

Determination of writing styles to detect similarities in digital documents

Anything involving human intellect is at risk of being plagiarised. This includes scientific and literary works such as articles, theses, audiovisual works, plans, projects and computer programs. However, this...

Authors: Yohandri Ril Gil, Yuniet del Carmen Toll Palma and Eddy Fonseca Lahens

Creating and using educational resources to improve practical teaching in the Human Physiology subject on the bachelor’s degree course in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences. Assessment of results

The need to advance towards a methodology that strengthens self-directed learning and competency development among students has become a key focus of university teaching in recent years. This focus has given r...

Authors: Gemma Olmos, M. Piedad Ruiz-Torres, Laura Calleros, María Alicia Cortés, Sergio de Frutos, Rafael Ospina and Manuel Rodríguez-Puyol

Application and validation of a techno-pedagogical lecturer training model using a virtual learning environment

This article presents a techno-pedagogical lecturer training model that was validated in an intensive hybrid-mode workshop/course for lecturers. The aim of the course was to train lecturers how to use the Mood...

Authors: Mónica Inés Monsiväis Almada, Lewis McAnally Salas and Gilles Lavigne

Project-based learning in virtual environments: a case study of a university teaching experience

This article presents a case study about the implementation of a teaching innovation project aimed at applying the project-based learning technique through the use of new technologies, and specifically through...

Authors: Esther Márquez Lepe and María Luisa Jiménez-Rodrigo

Competency training in universities via projects and Web 2.0 tools. Analysis of an experience

This article presents a university-context teaching innovation proposal that combines various ICT-supported active methodologies to undertake a project. The experience’s feature is the design of a blended lear...

Authors: Rosa García-Ruiz, Natalia González Fernández and Paloma Contreras Pulido

Educational innovation through ICTs in the university setting. What do students think of these practices?

The aim of this article is to report on an experience undertaken by a group of students during the implementation of a programme targeting innovative students at the University of Valencia (UV), Spain. The cur...

Authors: Fernando Gómez Gonzalvo

Learning networks to enhance reflectivity: key elements for the design of a reflective network

The benefits of reflective practice for professionals who deal with complex settings have been widely reported. Similarly, different types of learning networks (LNs) are emerging as a promising alternative to ...

Authors: David Garcia Cardenas

Academic writing supported by digital templates in teacher training

This article describes the experience of creating and piloting a digital writing template in blended learning mode in order to optimise essay-writing strategies and to formalise hypertext use in academic liter...

Authors: Beatriz Figueroa Sandoval, Mariana Aillon Neumann and Andrés Fuentealba Urra

Open educational practices and technology appropriation: the case of the Regional Open Latin American Community for Social and Educational Research (CLARISE)

A major challenge for the knowledge society is to narrow the education gap, hence the need for strategies that foster innovation and improvement in education. Thus, with the support of technology and the Inter...

Authors: María del Carmen Betancourt Franco, Rosario Celaya Ramírez and María Soledad Ramírez Montoya

Challenges and perspectives for the open education movement in the distance education environment: a diagnostic study in a SINED project

The aim of this article is to present an analysis of challenges and perspectives through a project supported by the Mexican National System of Distance Education (SINED) and based on a successful case called t...

Authors: María Soledad Ramírez Montoya

Education and Technology in Mexico and Latin America: Outlook and Challenges. Introduction

With an increasing number of young people reaching university entrance age, the demographic reality of Latin American countries is changing the face of their traditional higher education spaces. The impact is dri...

Authors: Margarita Ontiveros y Sánchez de la Barquera and José Raúl Canay Pazos

Aspects and indicators for assessing the quality of learning objects created by the University of Information Sciences, Havana

The study presented in this article examines various conceptual aspects for assessing the quality of learning objects (LOs). The main aim is to design an assessment guide enabling the level of quality attained...

Authors: Yuniet del Carmen Toll Palma and Yohandri Ril Gil

Identifying the stage of growth in the organisational learning capacity of universities

In order to improve university government and management, in this article we propose a tool for identifying the stage of growth in the organisational learning capacity of a university. It consists of a questio...

Authors: Mireia Tintoré Espuny and Albert Arbós Bertran

Teamwork and leadership in a virtual learning environment

The aim of this article is to identify the relationships and synergies between two basic management skills — teamwork and leadership — in the virtual learning environment of a master’s degree programme subject...

Authors: Ana R. Pacios and Gema Bueno de la Fuente

The school environment project and its connection with e-learning for pre-school children in Escuela Normal Superior La Hacienda de Barranquilla, Colombia

The aim of this research project is to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as an appropriate method for strengthening the learning processes of pre-school children. The experience was carried...

Authors: Ángel Leonardo Hernández Rojo and María Piedad Acuña Agudelo